Album art issue - iTunes 9.2

[Rico]

So, I upgraded to iTunes 9.2 the other day and it seems to have an issue with album art.  I usually tag and add album art to my podcasts in iTunes before uploading them.  Now it seems if you paste in art from some type of image program it distorts the color scheme.  This happened with the Firefly podcast today.  But I want to get it up loaded so I just went with it.  See the images below so you know what I mean.  So, my question is (especially to heavy album art uses and podcasters), does anyone know another program to add album art to .mp3 files that works better?  I should ask my son, he does this all the time.

others complaining about it too:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2466498&start=0&tstart=0

[Meds]

Blimey that looks terrible. I dont put pics into my show but  thats because i have no idea on how to do it lol

[Rico]

Blimey that looks terrible. I dont put pics into my show but  thats because i have no idea on how to do it lol

It's very easy to add art in iTunes for any audio file.  Just right click on the file and then choose the get info area.  Some tabs pop up and just go to the artwork section.  I've done it like this pretty much since I began podcasting.  I also tag my files with other info there like what the episode is about and so forth.  But the latest iTunes has 'broken' the album art area with new files.

[moyer777]

I also have updated, mine didn't do that.  It worked fine.  Hmmmm.  I wonder what's going on?

[Rico]

I also have updated, mine didn't do that.  It worked fine.  Hmmmm.  I wonder what's going on?

Have you added new audio content after you updated?  And then added artwork from some type of Paintshop program to it?  It has to be new content and you have to resize or alter the image prior to tagging it in iTunes.

[Bromptonboy]

Just hold your computer differently to get away from the dropped artwork issue - or buy a sleeve.   ~Steve J  (being impersonated by Pete)



((sorry couldn't resist))

;D

[moyer777]

I also have updated, mine didn't do that.  It worked fine.  Hmmmm.  I wonder what's going on?

Have you added new audio content after you updated?  And then added artwork from some type of Paintshop program to it?  It has to be new content and you have to resize or alter the image prior to tagging it in iTunes.

yes, I did my album cover for the latest podcast, added the audio then the resized picture with a title on it and it worked fine.  I will let you know what happens next time on Tuesday when I post my promo.

[Rico]

Rick - do you still use Adobe for artwork?

[moyer777]

yes, I use photoshop.

[Four Lights]

My mac doesn't do that...

I just click and drag my JPG into the little add artwork here square.

[Rico]

My mac doesn't do that...

I just click and drag my JPG into the little add artwork here square.

Yes, I'm sure a Mac won't do it.  ;)

[billybob476]

Rico, how are you saving your podcast images (format, colorspace, etc?)

[Rico]

They are .jpg and in full color (16 mill.+).  The thing about it all is, I've used the same system for years, doing it the same way.  And now that way isn't working anymore.  I didn't have a huge amount of extra time to play with it yesterday.  I'll try some other methods and file formats soon and see if I can find a work around.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Just posting to say that the album artwork I got was like the 2nd not-so-great pic.  :\

King

[Rico]

Just posting to say that the album artwork I got was like the 2nd not-so-great pic.  :\

King

Thanks for letting me know Tim.  I was wondering if the podcast on the feed would show it like that too.